Nazim H. Madhavji is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, England, in 1980. His research interests and scientific publications are in such areas as: software requirements, software architectures, evolution of software, software quality and measurements, defect tracking and analysis, congruence between software products and processes, and empirical studies.
He has led a number of research projects in software engineering, involving corporations such as IBM Canada, DMR Group, CAE Electronics, Transport Canada, Siemens Corporation, and CRIM, and was a Principal Investigator in several multi-university projects. He is the principal editor of the 27-chapter book Software Evolution and Feedback: Theory and Practice with Juan F. Ramil and Dewayne Perry, John Wiley, 2006. He is an Editor (with Khaled El Emam) of the book: Elements of Software Process Assessment and Improvements, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1999. He is on the Editorial Boards of several scientific journals. He is a consultant to several organisations in the field of software and is a consultant to several universities internationally in the areas of Software Engineering research, pedagogy, and faculty development.